Fishing
The mental health benefits of fishing
A new exploratory study has found that the act of standing in a river, trout or salmon fishing, has mental health benefits. Audio
US and Pacific states sign MOU on tuna access
US and Pacific states sign MOU on tuna access. Audio
Summer 34 – Three decades of albatross research
Journalist Rebekah White meets two people who have been counting albatrosses on remote islands in the subantarctic for more than three decades. Their research shows that at least one species is en… Video, Audio
Taking on water - marine protection in Aotearoa
New Zealand once led the world in marine protection. Now it looks like we will fail to meet our international promise to protect 30 percent of our ocean estate by 2030. Why is stopping fishing so… Audio
Our Changing World: Fixing kina barrens
Kina numbers are exploding on some of our reefs, decimating seaweed habitats. Could this problem be solved by eating them? Kate Evans investigates the potential of kina-nomics. Audio
Game for the challenge: Fish and Game's new chief executive Corina Jordan
In August 2022, Fish and Game announced Corina Jordan as its new chief executive, a role many would have considered a poisoned chalice. Audio
Death of threatened dolphin could mean more fishing restrictions
The death of a Hector's dolphin could mean further restrictions on Otago commerical fishers. One of the nationally vulnerable species is believed to have died after being caught in a net off the Otago… Video, Audio
Ian Urbina: slavery on the high seas
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Urbina's latest investigations into the Chinese distant-water fishing fleet has uncovered human rights and labour abuses. The Chinese foreign fishing fleet is an… Audio
The Week in Detail: From illegal fishing to the Rugby World Cup
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
New Poseidons zoom in on illegal fishers
New Zealand's new Poseidon P-8A has clocked its first official mission: a multi-national operation north-west of Fiji to catch illegal fishing boats. Audio
Deep-sea mining regulations high on agenda at the ISA meeting
Discussing deep-sea mining regulations is high of the agenda at the International Seabed Authority meeting in Jamaica, Caleb Fotheringham has the details. Audio
Seafood organisations calls for pause on deep sea mining
Seafood organisations calls for pause on deep sea mining. Audio
The Week in Detail: Waitlist algorithms, teacher strikes, and the Kermadecs
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Where to next for a Kermadec ocean sanctuary?
It was announced to great fanfare in 2015, but years of negotiations have failed to secure an agreement over a Kermadec ocean sanctuary. Audio
Voices from Tai Rāwhiti
From the back country to the coast, and the flats and rolling hills in between, you won't find many places or people untouched by the claws of cyclones Hale and Gabrielle which ravaged Tairāwhiti at… Audio
Rural News Wrap
RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Audio
Court allows fishing industry to keep data out of public arena
Fisheries groups and the government will be allowed to keep commercially sensitive information out of the public domain at a forthcoming court case.
The Detail's Long Read: A Clean Sweep?
A Clean Sweep? by Kate Evans: we are the only nation still trawling in the South Pacific. Can the practice be fixed, or should it be phased out entirely? Audio
Museum stop - Kaikoura District Museum
Mountains, whales, and a dramatic coastline - we're in Kaikoura today for our museum stop. Housed in the landmark craypot building Kaikoura Museum https://kaikoura-museum.co.nz/ highlights the area's… Audio
Fishing the depths of the south
Fisher Nate Smith is passionate about sustainable fishing - he's the driving force behind Gravity Fishing which operates between Southland and Rakiura/Stewart Island. He is the latest generation in a… Audio
